News Monitoring

Monitor breaking news and track relevant stories across industries/tech/novelty. Fetch, filter, and summarize news automatically.

When to Use

• •Need to track breaking news in specific domain
• •Want automated news aggregation with relevance filtering
• •Research task requiring current information from multiple sources

Core Workflow

1. •

   Define topic/filters

   • •Industry: tech, crypto, AI, health, environment, etc.
   • •Keywords: specific terms to track
   • •Region (optional): country/region specific news
   • •Freshness: past 24h, week, month
2. •

   Fetch news

   • •Use web_search for general discovery
   • •Use specific news sources (via URLs or search)
   • •Target 5-10 high-quality sources
3. •

   Filter relevance

   • •Score stories by keyword match
   • •Exclude irrelevant content
   • •Prioritize breaking news (recent timestamps)
4. •

   Generate summary

   • •Extract key points per story
   • •Identify patterns/connections
   • •Note unique insights
   • •Structure: Title | Source | Link | Summary | Timestamp
5. •

   Output format

   • •Markdown report with clear hierarchy
   • •Table of contents for navigation
   • •Direct links to source articles
   • •Timestamp for each entry

Tools

• •web_search - discover news across web
• •web_fetch - extract full content from specific articles
• •Optional: browser for JS-heavy sites or login-protected content

Example Query Structure

# General tech news
news-monitoring --topic tech --keywords AI ML startup --freshness 24h

# Crypto specific
news-monitoring --topic crypto --keywords Bitcoin regulation ETF --region US

# Innovation tracking
news-monitoring --topic innovation --keywords AI automation startup funding

Output Structure

# News Report: [Topic]

## Summary Overview
[Bullet point overview of key themes]

## Recent Stories

### [Story Title]
- **Source**: [URL]
- **Time**: [timestamp]
- **Key Points**:
  - Point 1
  - Point 2
  - Point 3
- **Tone**: [positive/negative/neutral]
- **Impact**: [high/medium/low]

### [Story Title]
...

## Themes & Patterns
[Identified trends across stories]

## Opportunities / Risks
[What this means for innovation]

Tips for Quality

• •Always verify timestamps are accurate
• •Cross-reference with multiple sources when possible
• •Note any conflicting information
• •Highlight unique insights vs. common knowledge
• •Keep summaries concise (1-2 sentences per point)